> Counter to what the author is saying, you do need a degree or some level of measurable expertise to start a hard startup, because not only do you need the exp

> Counter to what the author is saying, you do need a degree or some level of measurable expertise to start a hard startup, because not only do you need the expertise, you also need the credibility to get people to work with you and you need that solid team to get funding. Interestingly, this criterion causes Microsoft to be in the "Easy Startup" column. (Facebook too, but that seems more correct.) The Elizabeth Holmes example is also interesting to consider. Lack of degree in a hard field was no barrier to raising a ton of money. > In my mind, a good one is Intel. To that end, how many microprocessor startups actually ended up succeeding at the same working on some fundamental and challenging things? Nit: Intel's first products were memory, not CPUs. https://www.google.com/search?q=intel+first+product&oq=intel+first+pro&aqs=chrome.2.0j69i57j0l6.5384j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=intel+first+product&oq=intel... )